If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least.

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    2 days ago

    That Boston Dynamics robot used to get knocked over every time they hit it with a broom. Used to. I for I’ve welcome our merciful and generous machine overlords.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Strange competition as well. Let’s see a person outrun a car for 13 miles. There already Jaguars driving hundreds of thousands of miles more carefully than humans are. Why are we forcing them to be bipedal? Person in race vs a smart missile. Missile makes it to another continent before the person makes anywhere near that. Drones are flying around without need of human guidance. Computers are faster at just about everything and always will be. There’s a reason we make phone calls or emails instead of sending a letter.